Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cedar 
Chase 
Cherry 
Cheyenne 
Clay 
Colfax 
Cuming 
Custer 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
939 
342 
566 
555 
457 
554 
918 
1,352 
2007 
924 
347 
560 
603 
454 
519 
863 
1,187 
$1,000, 2012 
380,955 
358,274 
180,208 
169,881 
276,260 
307,851 
1,042,171 
735,955 
2007 
212,258 
148,417 
118,102 
116,316 
216,828 
200,440 
761,465 
443,993 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
405,703 
1,047,585 
318,389 
306,091 
604,508 
555,688 
1,135,262 
544,346 
2007 
229,717 
427,716 
210,897 
192,895 
477,595 
386,204 
882,347 
374,046 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
655 
197 
103 
295 
325 
410 
661 
665 
2007 
648 
217 
128 
389 
349 
371 
630 
677 
$1,000, 2012 
28,922 
34,522 
9,732 
10,741 
24,841 
17,569 
24,775 
43,006 
2007 
17,180 
23,591 
4,011 
7,387 
14,652 
8,858 
13,828 
27,637 
Chemicals purchased farms, 201 2 
667 
215 
138 
371 
360 
420 
670 
737 
2007 
567 
203 
115 
315 
328 
309 
559 
684 
$1,000, 2012 
12,335 
13,835 
5,254 
6,528 
13,360 
7,911 
14,534 
17,133 
2007 
7,350 
7,895 
1,033 
3,605 
8,606 
3,514 
6,868 
1 1 ,444 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
620 
197 
121 
360 
317 
392 
641 
671 
2007 
557 
204 
106 
337 
319 
327 
552 
624 
$1,000, 2012 
21,920 
16,620 
6,850 
5,204 
17,969 
13,850 
20,572 
26,042 
2007 
1 1 ,753 
9,896 
1,458 
3,121 
11,936 
6,886 
10,457 
18,679 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
394 
117 
334 
107 
135 
200 
401 
615 
2007 
364 
74 
254 
90 
110 
167 
360 
522 
$1,000, 2012 
100,532 
101,643 
18,818 
65,216 
(D) 
100,475 
475,744 
273,708 
2007 
64,474 
28,520 
19,574 
45,492 
64,598 
80,777 
466,194 
156,994 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
213 
60 
286 
70 
93 
116 
181 
434 
2007 
220 
38 
224 
52 
75 
75 
139 
391 
$1,000, 2012 
3,712 
959 
9,104 
(D) 
2,578 
8,883 
2,039 
10,670 
2007 
3,274 
470 
6,945 
436 
1,653 
3,361 
1,808 
7,727 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
251 
78 
116 
54 
55 
118 
302 
304 
2007 
224 
48 
87 
42 
46 
124 
273 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
96,819 
100,684 
9,714 
(D) 
(D) 
91,592 
473,705 
263,038 
2007 
61,199 
28,049 
12,629 
45,057 
62,945 
77,416 
464,385 
149,267 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
626 
166 
498 
193 
233 
294 
570 
1,026 
2007 
501 
117 
372 
165 
190 
250 
466 
727 
$1,000, 2012 
64,081 
91,553 
30,323 
34,386 
48,286 
77,541 
363,293 
167,745 
2007 
31,048 
16,674 
17,414 
17,963 
44,374 
44,882 
164,547 
63,715 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
898 
312 
556 
495 
447 
542 
857 
1,326 
2007 
908 
334 
554 
590 
453 
514 
852 
1,181 
$1,000, 2012 
16,128 
10,164 
12,327 
6,585 
14,161 
9,019 
15,786 
32,037 
2007 
9,299 
7,290 
8,248 
6,267 
11,512 
5,977 
11,377 
24,016 
Utilities farms, 2012 
801 
269 
474 
430 
388 
450 
723 
1,128 
2007 
617 
233 
342 
359 
339 
343 
600 
847 
$1,000, 2012 
8,191 
10,895 
5,682 
3,415 
5,046 
3,506 
5,552 
13,152 
2007 
3,520 
6,466 
2,519 
2,463 
2,967 
2,125 
4,069 
8,808 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
823 
295 
508 
475 
420 
498 
805 
1,194 
2007 
836 
312 
520 
544 
425 
487 
802 
1,109 
$1,000, 2012 
22,768 
12,179 
13,440 
7,776 
14,480 
11,605 
20,405 
28,797 
2007 
11,747 
7,443 
9,839 
6,126 
10,917 
7,711 
15,061 
21,559 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
339 
121 
303 
203 
177 
212 
311 
515 
2007 
287 
129 
248 
166 
191 
157 
252 
469 
$1,000, 2012 
8,451 
9,267 
12,763 
3,798 
1 1 ,664 
11,146 
15,547 
14,847 
2007 
5,564 
5,837 
9,568 
2,897 
8,726 
9,182 
14,945 
17,210 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
77 
43 
132 
42 
69 
43 
78 
205 
2007 
54 
35 
85 
53 
60 
25 
61 
170 
$1,000, 2012 
877 
2,332 
1,349 
511 
560 
323 
1,310 
1,717 
2007 
761 
612 
905 
596 
452 
188 
1,513 
1,368 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
349 
158 
196 
232 
150 
225 
385 
498 
2007 
300 
124 
148 
237 
127 
165 
291 
431 
$1,000, 2012 
4,981 
5,985 
4,110 
3,825 
2,163 
3,124 
6,271 
6,876 
2007 
3,566 
3,921 
2,017 
3,550 
1,963 
2,337 
2,919 
5,106 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
461 
167 
336 
186 
236 
311 
514 
762 
2007 
425 
147 
309 
173 
234 
244 
432 
640 
$1,000, 2012 
50,718 
18,322 
16,168 
7,372 
19,521 
21,014 
34,723 
39,189 
2007 
21,679 
11,640 
15,140 
3,776 
15,062 
10,298 
18,572 
31,779 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
94 
31 
58 
46 
69 
36 
84 
167 
2007 
84 
46 
38 
63 
73 
37 
82 
149 
$1,000, 2012 
1,711 
1,624 
547 
519 
1,493 
506 
1,630 
7,215 
2007 
660 
643 
890 
702 
1,200 
246 
653 
4,224 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
598 
197 
377 
294 
290 
351 
565 
868 
2007 
471 
186 
286 
275 
256 
268 
459 
699 
$1,000, 2012 
13,225 
7,236 
9,282 
3,465 
(D) 
8,561 
12,490 
19,928 
2007 
8,424 
6,436 
8,504 
3,501 
6,557 
4,684 
11,571 
20,634 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
452 
116 
214 
221 
213 
264 
418 
635 
2007 
350 
121 
186 
211 
197 
202 
348 
523 
$1,000, 2012 
7,952 
4,911 
5,883 
2,715 
(D) 
5,652 
7,248 
13,271 
2007 
4,678 
2,726 
5,711 
2,131 
3,555 
2,389 
5,170 
10,306 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
385 
135 
290 
192 
208 
225 
360 
570 
2007 
331 
137 
220 
163 
183 
164 
310 
497 
$1,000, 2012 
5,273 
2,325 
3,399 
750 
2,851 
2,908 
5,242 
6,656 
2007 
3,746 
3,710 
2,793 
1,370 
3,002 
2,295 
6,400 
10,328 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
860 
311 
515 
515 
426 
515 
841 
1,229 
2007 
849 
319 
504 
540 
419 
471 
799 
1,081 
$1,000, 2012 
8,916 
4,732 
14,822 
4,141 
7,005 
6,582 
8,685 
12,394 
2007 
5,500 
3,536 
8,213 
3,282 
3,937 
3,396 
5,929 
9,964 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 201 2 
706 
248 
467 
381 
376 
432 
684 
1,047 
2007 
661 
245 
414 
387 
345 
350 
664 
892 
$1,000, 2012 
17,199 
17,366 
18,742 
6,398 
15,757 
15,122 
20,852 
32,167 
2007 
9,736 
8,017 
8,770 
5,590 
9,369 
9,379 
12,962 
20,856 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
632 
221 
400 
332 
330 
411 
594 
842 
2007 
606 
201 
350 
345 
321 
361 
554 
816 
$1,000, 2012 
22,776 
15,546 
18,539 
11,080 
18,610 
17,963 
29,689 
33,810 
2007 
13,781 
10,424 
16,990 
8,041 
11,611 
10,012 
19,172 
27,260 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 277 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
